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Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2015 12:20 am
by GORDON
Damon played such an annoying douche in Interstellar I'm having a hard time getting past that.
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Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2015 6:48 am
by Leisher
Moved to correct forum.
Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2015 9:11 am
by GORDON
Where did I have it?
Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2015 9:17 am
by Leisher
Internet Links
Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2015 9:19 am
by GORDON
Snap.
Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2015 9:33 am
by TPRJones
Oh, fuck! This is one spectacularly awesome book. I am extremely excited.
Although as much excellent detail as there is in the book, it would make a better mini-series than a movie.
Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2015 1:01 pm
by Vince
Damon puts douche taint on everything he's in.
Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2015 2:38 pm
by TheCatt
I assume not a spoiler...
Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2015 3:07 pm
by GORDON
That cartoon is the basis of like 90% of all the sci-fi written between 1938 and 1950.
Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2015 3:30 pm
by TPRJones
Very accurate descriptions. The Martian is a bit of a throwback to those old hard sci-fi books, but with actual well-written multidimensional characters as well.
Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2015 4:34 pm
by GORDON
That's like the entirety of the first 10 years of Asimov's career as a writer.
Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2015 5:19 pm
by TPRJones
I never found Asimov's characters to be very deep. He was the main one I had in mind when I wrote that exception.
Now Heinlein, there's a sci-fi author that could write interesting characters. But his sci was generally a bit more fi than Asimov.
Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2015 5:21 pm
by GORDON
I've read everything Asimov wrote for his first 20 years, and have read so much about him and his process, that I might as well be considered an Asimov scholar (not really).... and I can conclusively state that he himself admitted that he only really knew how to write about scientists, and he absolutely DID NOT know how to write women. That's his own admission.
Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2015 5:41 pm
by TPRJones
Yup. Still a great author, though.
Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2015 8:17 pm
by Malcolm
Asimov was always one of those dudes I felt required to like. Not that there's nothing there, but he's not in my upper tier of favourite authors. He was the most British American author I've ever read. His constructed worlds are places I think I'd try to escape from, even the nice ones.
Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2015 2:36 pm
by TPRJones
Another trailer is out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ej3ioOneTy8
This is going to rock. Still can't imagine how they can squeeze that awesome book into a single movie, though.
Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2015 3:02 pm
by GORDON
Me and my kid will be going to see it, he says it looks awesome.
The other day I borrowed the "I'm going to have to science the shit out of it" line.... when the cub scouts were doing their thing in my back yard, and the scouting rule for camping is "Leave no trace," I told them they were going to "Leave no trace the shit out of my yard."
I am a good role model in every way.
Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2015 11:45 pm
by TheCatt
I have some vague memory of TPR saying that it was like that one scene in Apollo 13 (?) where they fixed the air thingy, but I can't find that comment.
I started reading the book today on my flight to Vegas, got halfway through, and it's pretty awesome so far.
Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2015 6:58 am
by TPRJones
Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2015 7:38 am
by TheCatt
So.... I posted it? Good work on the memory there, brain.
